command and control

English

Noun

command and control (uncountable)

1. (military, law enforcement) The management and logistics of a military or paramilitary force.
   • 2021 March 20, Kim Barker, Mike Baker, Ali Watkins, “In City After City, Police Completely Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     "American police simply were not prepared for the challenge that they faced in terms of planning, logistics, training and police command-and-control supervision," said Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a nonprofit that advises departments on management and tactics.

2. (economics, politics) The management of a polity's economic and political resources by state officials themselves, rather than by more democratic or spontaneous means.

   command-and-control economy